Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services Increases IDET Procedure Reimbursement Level Over 130 Percent, USA (Medical News Today)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is increasing reimbursement for the Intradiscal ELECTROTHERMAL* (IDET) Annuloplasty procedure and placing it in a more appropriate Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC). The IDET procedure is a minimally-invasive outpatient procedure that treats spinal discs, and is for patients suffering from chronic discogenic lower back pain.

Doctors warn cut to harm patients State chops pay for Medicaid 10% (2theadvocate.com)
The state plans Sunday to start slashing 10 percent off what it pays doctors to treat the poor and uninsured, the head of the hospitals department said Tuesday.